蓄
to store up; to grow (e.g. a beard); to entertain (ideas)
13 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,234 U+84C4
How 蓄 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
艹 (semantic, “plant”) + 畜 (phonetic, chù)
How to remember it
save up · Heisig RSH #2414
flower + 畜 livestock
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 畜
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 畜 (chù) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 畜 sound component | chù | livestock, domestic animals |
| 搐 | chù | cramp, spasm; to convulse, to twitch |
Words containing 蓄
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蓄势待发 | xù shì dài fā | to wait for action after having accumulated power, energy etc |
| 定期储蓄 | dìng qī chǔ xù | fixed deposit (banking) |
| 蓄水池 | xù shuǐ chí | water reservoir |
| 蓄电池 | xù diàn chí | secondary (rechargeable) battery; accumulator; storage cell |
| 个人储蓄 | gè rén chǔ xù | personal savings |
| 蓄须明志 | xù xū míng zhì | to grow a beard as a symbol of one's determination (as Mei Lanfang 梅蘭芳|梅兰芳[Mei2 Lan2 fang1… |
| 蓄水 | xù shuǐ | water storage |
| 铅酸蓄电池 | qiān suān xù diàn chí | lead-acid accumulator; battery (e.g. in car) |
| 蓄意 | xù yì | deliberate; premeditated; malice |
| 储蓄卡 | chǔ xù kǎ | debit card |
| 养精蓄锐 | yǎng jīng xù ruì | to preserve and nurture one's spirit (idiom); honing one's strength for the big push |
| 兼收并蓄 | jiān shōu bìng xù | incorporating diverse things (idiom); eclectic; all-embracing |
| 蓄养 | xù yǎng | to raise (animals) |
| 储蓄率 | chǔ xù lǜ | savings rate |
| 积蓄 | jī xù | to save; to put aside; savings |
| 蓄积 | xù jī | to accumulate; to store up |
| 蓄谋 | xù móu | to premeditate; to plot |
| 含蓄 | hán xù | to contain; to hold; (of a person or style etc) reserved; restrained; (of words, writings)… |
| 储蓄 | chǔ xù | to save money (in a bank); savings |
| 蓄须 | xù xū | to grow a beard |